Kids, fish taco salad, torte

It was so fabulous to see my little boys round the corner at the airport. They looked so big, as if they'd grown in all sorts of ways in these last six days. Ooh, I just inhaled them. My mother should be sainted for flying them home. They were delayed repeatedly, and she was such a sport. I made my fish taco salad and a Huguenot torte for her, all wheat-free per her allergy. She's sleeping soundly, as is Ol. Jack couldn't nod off so we just cuddled and told each other made-up Angry Birds stories. They LOVE the playhouse so I think we'll be out there all day tomorrow. Off to bed!

Upcoming Em-i-lis Canning Seminars

If you couldn't attend last month's canning seminar, several more are on the horizon, and registration (free but suggested) is now open for all. Sat, 8/25, 9:00am at Strosniders' Silver Spring store: www.strosniders.com.

Sat, 9/15, 9:30am at Twins Ace Hardware in Fairfax, VA: http://www.twinsacehardware.com/sales-and-events.html

Sat, 10/27, 9:00am at Strosniders' Bethesda store: www.strosniders.com. We'll be making my family cranberry sauce at this event. Get ready for Thanksgiving!!

Additional information can be obtained by clicking on my event calendar.

Blueberry burst muffins, the boys are coming!

Y'all, these muffins are so good! An entire cup of huge, fresh blueberries plus lemon zest, cinnamon and peaches, and just a sprinkling of demerara sugar on top. Aah! The boys are coming home today, and I can't wait to see them. I'm not sure they've missed us much, and really, I might try to subtly shift the glom-dynamic towards one a little less so. If they can go a whole week with just an aggregate of 20 minutes of talking to me on the phone, then I definitely don't think they need to follow me to the bathroom and ask me to watch everything they do. I'm going to turn the tables on you little ones. Heh!